Simon van der Does (1653–1717)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
• Van der Does was born in The Hague, the son of Jacob van der Does.

• He was taught to paint by his father and became the teacher of the later art historian Johan van Gool.

• According to Houbraken Simon van der Does spent time in Friesland and one year in England in his youth.

• He married, and after both his wife and father died he was so depressed that he could not paint and stayed in the Gasthuis of The Hague for three years.

• Afterwards moved to Brussels for a year and then moved to Antwerp.

• A friend of his father, Karel Dujardin, became his guardian, and after his return from Italy set up a workshop in Amsterdam where he took on the sons of Jacob van der Does.

• After the death of Dujardin, he worked for Gerard de Lairesse in Amsterdam until he could support himself.

• He was on his way to visit Paris when he died at Antwerp.

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